Payroll giving

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Give to charity through your pay

Payroll Giving is a simple, tax effective way to give a regular or one-off amount directly to your favourite charitable causes from your pay.

Requirements:

How does the tax relief work?

  1. You authorise your employer/pension office to deduct regular charitable donations from your pay.
  2. Your employer then pays these donations to a Payroll Giving agency approved by the Inland Revenue.
  3. The agency then distributes the money to charity or charities of your choice.

The agreed deductions your employer makes from your pay are done before you pay tax, which means that you get tax relief included in your donation at your top rate of tax. There is no limit to the amount you can give.

This means if you pledge £10 from your gross pay, the cost to you is only £8, but the charity receives the full £10. Look at the table below and see how simple it is!

Your pledge (Gross)Cost to you at 20% taxCost to you at 40% tax
£5.00£4.00£3.00
£7.50£6.00£4.50
£10.00£8.00£6.00
£20.00£16.00£12.00

For further information please contact Fay Ponikowski on 0845 241 4828.